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 File Date: 2020-01-22

 Author: Michael R. Kenwick

 Contact: Michael R. Kenwick: mikekenwick@gmail.com
 All inquires about the models and code should be sent to Mike Kenwick

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# CITATION INFORMATION: 
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 Kenwick, Michael R. 2020. "Self-Reinforcing Civilian 
 Control: A Measurement-Based Analysis of Civil-Military Relations." 
 International Studies Quarterly. doi: 10.1093/isq/sqz092

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# VARIABLE INFORMATION:
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gwf_casename - regime case name from the Geddes, Wright, and Frantz data

ccode - COW country code

year - Calendar year

ccs_static - posterior mean of the latent variable generated by the static model, described in Kenwick (2020)

ccs_static_sd - standard deviation of the posterior estimates for the static model

ccs_dynamic - posterior mean of the latent variable generated by the dynamic model with drift, described in Kenwick (2020)

ccs_dynamic_sd - standard deviation of posterior estimates for the dynamic model with drift
